Last week, the governor extended his “stay home” order, which has temporarily shuttered many businesses, until May 15. However, Scott said Monday that it was his administration’s intention to open up all sectors of the state’s economy in the coming months. “If we have a false start, if all of a sudden we open up the spigot and people go back to work and all of a sudden everything spikes and gets out of control and we have to shut the spigot off again there’s going to be a lack of confidence in government,” he said. Picking an “arbitrary date” for states to reopen would be irresponsible, he said. Scott said he would rely on data and public health experts to determine how to slowly resume economic activity in Vermont. “It didn’t take federal action to spur us into action and it’s not going to be the federal government that determines when we take appropriate steps here in Vermont,” Scott said. Scott pushed back at a press conference Monday. On Monday, the president appointed a new task force dedicated to getting people back to work and opening businesses and said the federal government would determine when states lift orders imposed to prevent the spread of the virus. ![]() Phil Scott disagreed and said states - not the president - would decide when Vermont businesses could reopen and his “Stay Home” order lifted. President Donald Trump on Monday set the stage for a showdown with the nation’s state governors, claiming it was up to the federal government to decide when to restart economic activity in the wake of Covid-19. Phil Scott says governors will decide when to lift restrictions, not the federal government.
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